On Aug. 6 the Whitehall Fish and Game Club hosted a joint Waterfowl meeting at the Skenesborough Rescue Squad between Vermont and New York to set the 2013 season for duck hunters on Lake Champlain. This is one of two meetings held every year to get hunters’ suggestions on the upcoming duck season. The other […]

A local man who tried to arrange a sexual encounter with a person he believed was a 14-year old prostitute was sentenced Monday to four years in prison. George Bruso, 45, of Whitehall, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Burlington, Vt., after pleading guilty to a federal charge of travel in interstate commerce for […]

It was Whitehall’s proximity to several bodies of water and the opportunity to work in a larger space that motivated Bill Pearo to establish his business in Whitehall. Pearo, recently moved his business, Got It Covered Canvas Products, from Hydeville, Vt., to 196 Broadway. “The […]

One of the region’s most historic ships is coming to Whitehall. The schooner Lois McClure will be docked in Whitehall near the Canal Corp Visitor’s Center from 1 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 6. The stop is part of the “2011 Farm, Forest and Fishery Tour: Sailing for a Healthy Land and Lake.” The […]

Audrey M . King age 73, passed away on May 7, 2011 at Fletcher Allen Health Center in Burlington, Vt., as the result of a massive stroke. Audrey was born on August 10, 1937 in Cambridge, NY the daughter of James and Helen (Corts) McMorris. Audrey lovingly and willingly chose the career of wife […]

Joyce Williams of Wells, Vt., was born on Dec. 26, 1926, in Schenectady, the daughter of Joseph and Vera (Parkhurst) McClosky. She passed away peacefully at the Bennington (Vt.) Health and Rehabilitation Center after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease on Feb. 19, 2011. Joyce loved spending time with her family. She enjoyed going out […]

James Argyle Proper, 56, of Morrisville Vt., passed away peacefully, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011, with his friends by his side, at Birchwood Terrace Healthcare in Burlington, Vt., after a short, courageous battle with cancer. James was born in Keene, N.H., on March 14, 1954. He was the oldest of the three sons of Richard and […]

Dr. Herbert F. Reilly Jr. (Bert), of Glenville and Lake George, most beloved husband of Audrey A. Reilly (Audie) passed away on March 23, 2009 after a courageous battle with brain cancer. Born in Flushing, NY to the late Winifred and Herbert F. Reilly Sr., Bert’s childhood was spent in Forest Hills NY. He graduated […]

Jane A. Havens, 85, of Conway, NH died October 10, 2008 at the home of her niece on Jack Frost Lane in Conway. Born in Granville, NY, the daughter of Thomas and Loretta (Mullen) McGuire, she had been a lifelong resident of Granville prior to moving to Conway in 2007. The family includes three nieces, […]

Leland Craig Getty passed away in Burlington on June 30, 2008. Getty was born on June 20, 1923, in Hebron, N.Y., the son of Harold E. and Alfreda (Craig) Getty. Lee retired after a long career as a designer for General Electric in Burlington. He was deeply committed to his children and grandchildren […]